As a registered charity we gratefully accept donations, whilst you have peace of mind that your money will be put back into our charitable aims to support real grassroots needs.  You can even gift-aid donations which means we can receive more on any donation!

Donate to our charity through the safe and secure Just Giving page!

We have made donating to Burnside a safe and easy process by registering with respected platform Just Giving.  You can click to donate button below, scan the QR code or click this link to take you through to our official donation page: https://checkout.justgiving.com/c/3834007

Thank you to QA for their generous donation of IT equipment!

"As part of our social value commitments in our contract with Transport for Greater Manchester, we have 4 refurbished HP Elitebook laptops that we would like to donate to Burnside Centre.
At QA, we are committed to unlocking potential through learning and creating meaningful social impact in the communities we serve. By offering access to our learning platform, we aim to support educators in delivering high quality digital education and to help young people develop the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly digital world."
Michelle Collins
QA Social Value Senior Compliance Manager
July 2026

Leaving a Legacy is safe and easy

Many people seek to make a lasting charity gift through their Will.  As a Burnside supporter, you’re eligible for a free Will with FreeWills.co.uk.

​With FreeWills.co.uk award winning online service, you can make a free, legally-binding Will in just fifteen minutes. Each Will is checked, vetted and approved by a solicitor and your Will can be updated quickly and easily for free, forever. There’s no obligation to leave a gift to us, but we do hope you do so to enable us to continue our important work: https://www.freewills.co.uk/charity/burnsidecentre  

If you are writing your Will and would like to leave a gift to our charity, the details you will need are:
Burnside Centre, 36 Burnside Crescent, Middleton, Manchester, M24 5NN
Our charity number is 1145309. 

For more information and guidance on how you would like your donation spent, please get in touch on 0161 643 5775 and ask for Kerry, our Centre Manager. You can also find impartial advice on writing or amending your Will from Citizens Advice
Burnside Centre asks people who access our services to give consent to provide information and complete registration forms. This information is kept in the strictest confidence on our protected databases and is for H&S, funding requirements, organisational monitoring and evaluation purposes only. Demographic data is shared within the Rochdale Community Centre Consortium member organisations to record impact and enable us to understand our collective community offer under a strict data sharing agreement.

All information will be stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations.
We are registered with the ICO: https://ico.org.uk/
Our Date Protection Officer is Kerry Edwards who can be contacted at: [email protected] 
​Burnside Centre is a charity registered in England and Wales (Registration number 1145309)
Burnside Centre is a company limited by guarantee registered in England (Registration number 07536820)
Established 29th September 1969
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Main Office & Core Staffing Hours

M-F: 8am - 4pm

Telephone

0161 643 5775